Brilliant half centuries by opener Kraigg Brathwaite and Narsingh Deonaraine helped West Indies 'A' to extend their overall lead to 228 at tea on Day Four of the second unofficial Test against India 'A' at Shimoga on Saturday.
Zaheer Khan got his second wicket of the match but it was half-centuries by opener Kraigg Brathwaite and Narsingh Deonaraine that helped West Indies A to extend their overall lead to 178 at lunch on Day Four of the second unofficial Test against India A on Saturday.
India A top-scorer Abhishek Nayar on Friday said even as they have conceded a 47-run lead against West Indies A but there was nothing to worry as there were no demons in the wicket.
Uday Kaul was unbeaten on 55 as India A reached a total of 344 for nine at tea on Day Three of the second unofficial Test against West Indies A in Shimoga on Friday. Mohammed Shami was batting on nine, as India A trailed by 62 runs in reply to West Indies A's first-innings total of 406.
Overnight batsmen VA Jagadeesh and Abhishek Nayar missed out on centuries as India A trailed West Indies A by 137 runs in their first innings at lunch on Day Three of the second unofficial Test in Shimoga on Friday.
Bhargav Bhatt delivered a spell of seven for 113 for India A against West Indies A at Shimoga. Nishad Pai Vaidya spoke to former India player WV Raman, who is the assistant coach at Kings XI Punjab, which is Bhatt’s Indian Premier League (IPL) team and found out more about the left-arm spinner.
India A opener VA Jagadeesh on Thursday, said he has set his eyes on scoring his seventh first-class century and help India A get past West Indies A's first innings score of 406 in the second unofficial three-match Test match in Shimoga.
Virender Sehwag's experiment to bat in the middle-order didn't yield any favourable result while Gautam Gambhir's woeful run of form continued as India A reached 191 for three at stumps on the second day of their second unofficial 'Test' against West Indies A in Shimoga on Thursday.
Gautam Gambhir failed to impress yet again as India A reached 70 for one in reply to West Indies A's 406 all out at tea on the second day of the second unofficial Test in Shimoga on Thursday.
Left-arm spinner Bhargav Bhatt came up with a career-best seven-wicket haul but that could not stop West Indies A from piling up 406 all out in their first innings at lunch on the second day of the second unofficial Test against India A in Shimoga on Thursday.